1986 MRS Spring Meeting
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research in the chosen topic. The symposium organizers have done a superb job of identifying the forefront areas of research, and assembling papers into sessions focused on these areas. This is a task which is rewarding in its outcome, but filled with considerable hard work between inception and completion. The Society is grateful to the symposium organizers for their dedicated service. A tenth symposium, of a different nature, is making a return appearance. This is Symposium X, Frontiers of Materials Science, in which two tutorial reviews are presented for the non-specialist during lunchtime on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. This symposium is a tradition at our Boston meetings, and was immensely popular last Spring. Seven of our symposia will have their proceedings published. Since proceedings are meant to be snapshots in time of the progress in a selected research field, their timely publication is vitally important. The MRS Symposia Proceedings Series has a reputation for rapid, but accurate, publication of symposia papers under the direction of Gail Oare, MRS director of publications. Several volumes from the December 1985 meeting have already been published and may be inspected at the MRS publications desks at this meeting. To facilitate such rapid publication, Manuscript Rooms have been set up in both hotels to help with thecollection and the technical and mechanical review of manuscripts at this meeting. They have been chosen for the convenience of authors and reviewers. New to the Spring Meeting this year is the addition of a program of Short Courses. While all of the 16 Short Courses provide continuing education to professionals in materials research, many of these courses are new and have been created specifically for the Materials Research Society. This tremendous program was developed by Vivienne Harwood Mattox, MRS short course manager, with the able assistance of the instructors and of L. Ralph Dawson, co-chair of the Education Committee. For the first time the Short Course program will run concurrent with the technical program instead of at the end. On Wednesday evening the Society will hold a ceremonial session at the Hyatt Palo Alto hotel, during which charters for newly formed Student Chapters and Local Sections will be granted. During this session the Society will also recognize the highquality research of graduate students participating in the meeting. Their awards
consist of a cash grant and a waiver of the meeting registration fee. The session will conclude with a Plenary Address by Dr. Pieter Meyers. This wellknown researcher and speaker is the Director of Conservation at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. He will discuss "Materials Studies in the Examination of Works of Art." Following the ceremonial session the Society will host a reception for all meeting participants. From the description above, it is apparent that even our "small" meeting has many features, which I hope attendees will utilize. What is not so apparent in a complex meeting such as this one, especially if it is runnin
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